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Not content with stirring up shit in my own country, I went to a demo here. It was an anti-Brexit thing and Billy Bragg was playing (everything was running late so I had to leave before the end, but apparently it was too crowded to see him anyway). My impression of London demos is that they’re better than ours in terms of scale, but not necessarily in terms of organization or being able to prune the speakers’ list. A lot of the speakers were really good though; much more inspiring and on topic than what usually happens back home.

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Also, I learned some Cornish!

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Followed by a party. Which will be followed by sleep.

Date: 2019-07-20 10:30 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] minoanmiss
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT

Date: 2019-07-21 12:19 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] dewline
I'm sure that there'll be footage of Bragg's music and speechifying on YouTube or Vimeo.

Thanks for representing!

Date: 2019-07-21 03:30 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] sara
Aww, I always enjoy being carpetbagging leftist scum when I travel, too....;)

ETA: wait wait I remembered the right words! "Outside agitators." It's such a nice thing to do on vacation, really....
Edited Date: 2019-07-21 03:44 am (UTC)

Date: 2019-07-21 04:12 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ironed_orchid
You're awesome and I'm glad you got to have such a contemporary British experience.

Date: 2019-07-21 08:39 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] hano
Have you had your cheque from George Soros yet? I’m still waiting for mine after the last demo...

Date: 2019-07-22 07:00 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] rydra_wong
My dad has always complained that the International Jewish Conspiracy never sent him his membership card.

Date: 2019-07-21 12:20 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kore
I love it!

Date: 2019-07-21 01:14 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] cloudsinvenice
That's great! It's always so encouraging to see how many people get involved in these.

Date: 2019-07-22 12:23 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] notasupervillain
Yay!

Date: 2019-07-22 03:17 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] rdi
In fairness to TO London has way more people crammed into way less space. But they still do rabble rousing better in the UK.

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